Serikbayeva, Sagida2018-12-132018-12-132018-06Serikbayeva, Sagida (2018) Influence of popular Kazakh music on students’ motivation to learn Kazakh language. Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education.http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/3673Considering the slow development of Kazakh language use and the reported lack of motivation to learn Kazakh language among the Kazakhstani population, this study considers the topic of the influence of music on motivation to learn a language. The aim of this research is to investigate whether listening to popular Kazakh music influences motivation to learn Kazakh language among urban Russian-dominant university students and to explore their attitudes to gain insights into the intricacies of language learning motivation in Kazakhstani context. The null hypothesis proposed in this study is H0: listening to popular Kazakh music does not influence motivation to learn Kazakh language....enAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United StatesKazakh languageKazakh musicMaster's thesis